Anthropology Quiz 7

Polygyny

1 man, many wives; not legal in the U.S, most common in 80% of the world, and have to have a need for it.

Polyandry

1 wife, many husbands; it is common in a fewer than a dozen places.

Scholars of religion

Are concerned that what these women are doing is unnatural and apart of deconstruction of motherhood.

Marriage

Culturally sanctioned between two or more people, between them and their children, and between them and their in laws.

According to Goldstein (Polyandry: When Brothers Take a Wife), Tibetan polyandry functions above all to

Keep the families land intact

According to Goldstein, it is difficult for a male Tibetan to start his own farm because

Lack of available farm land

Polygamy

Many spouses.

Monogamy

Marriage to one person; most common and legal.

Cultural Anamoly

Surrogacy doesn't fit within the categories that we use to make sense of the world around us, and that's why it makes people uncomfortable. It calls into question everything we have assumed until now about families and about mothers.

When Brothers Take A Wife.

Three brothers (Dorge, Pema, and Sonam) are preparing to jointly marry a woman from the village next door.

Surrogates

Vessels, temporary housing for other people's children. Could be harmful to themselves and their bodies.

Psychologists

Worry that surrogates are motivated by a desire for reparation for past actions, such as having an abortion.

Feminists

Worry that the woman are being dehumanized

Eldest brother is

dominant over managing the household.

All brothers share

share the work. They are all sexually active with the woman.

Fraternal Polyandry

when two or three brothers marry the same woman

Baby M

One case where a mother wanted her baby back.

Serial Monogamy

Several spouses, but only married to one at a time.